2021 Derbyshire County Council election

2021 Derbyshire County Council election
All 64 seats to Derbyshire County Council ; 33 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2021 Derbyshire County Council election
	Council composition after the election
Leader before election; Barry Lewis; Conservative	Leader after election; Barry Lewis; Conservative

Last updated October 10, 2024

The Derbyshire County Council elections took place alongside the other 2021 local elections. All 64 seats to Derbyshire County Council were contested.^[1] The Conservatives retained control of the council with an increased majority. In addition, the Green Party gained representation for the first time.^[2]

Candidates

Former MPs Ruth George and Edwina Currie stood against each other in Whaley Bridge with Ruth George emerging victorious.^[3] George lost her High Peak seat in 2019 and Currie lost her South Derbyshire seat in 1997.

Summary

Election result

2021 Derbyshire County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	64	45	12	4	8	70.0	47.8	116,184	+3.9
	Labour	62	14	3	13	10	21.9	33.2	80,611	–3.3
	Liberal Democrats	55	4	2	1	1	6.3	9.0	21,950	–2.5
	Green	43	1	1	0	1	1.6	7.6	18,339	+5.4
	Independent	14	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	4,452	±0.0
	Chesterfield Independents	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	660	N/A
	Reform UK	6	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	515	N/A
	TUSC	4	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	374	N/A
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	47	–4.2

Division Results

Amber Valley

(10 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Amber Valley Summary Result 2021
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	2	1	1	90.00	52.8	22,814	+4.1
Labour	0	0	2	2	0.00	30.5	13,196	-6.6
Green	1	1	0	1	10.00	13.0	5,623	+8.7
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.00	3.6	1,567	-0.8

Alfreton and Somercotes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Rose	3,185	51.0
	Conservative	David Wilson	2,791
	Labour	Paul Smith	2,237	35.8
	Labour	Steve Marshall-Clarke	2,136
	Green	Steve Elliott	599	9.6
	Green	Leo Swarvett	301
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Slater	219	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Kift	182
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Alport and Derwent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Taylor	2,620	52.3	−5.6
	Labour	Ben Bellamy	1,517	30.3	+1.9
	Green	Rachael Hatchett	671	13.4	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Heap	206	4.1	−3.4
Majority			1,103	22.0
	Conservative hold

Belper
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nelson	1,665	43.1	−3.2
	Labour	Emma Monkman	1,497	38.8	−4.1
	Green	Julie Wozniczka	423	11.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Morrissey	277	7.2	+2.5
Majority			168	4.3
Turnout
	Conservative hold

Duffield and Belper South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Gez Kinsella	2,277	50.7	+38.9
	Conservative	Chris Short	1,569	34.9	−12.9
	Labour	Joel Bryan	514	11.4	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Allen	134	3.0	−3.7
Majority			708	15.8
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Greater Heanor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Stevenson	2,049	66.3	+18.4
	Labour	Suqie Banwait	734	23.8	−15.0
	Green	Cathie Hallsworth	211	6.8	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Marler	96	3.1	+0.7
Majority			1315	39.5
	Conservative hold

Heanor Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Iliffe	1,897	59.1	+15.5
	Labour	Paul Jones	1011	31.5	−9.5
	Green	Tina Pritchard	206	6.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Belsom	94	2.9	−0.9
Majority			886	27.6
	Conservative hold

Horsley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Ainsworth	2,637	62.9	−1.2
	Labour	Matthew Jones	966	23.0	+0.2
	Green	Matt McGuinness	453	10.8	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Quinton	135	3.2	−1.6
Majority			1671	39.9
	Conservative hold

Ripley East and Codnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Ashton	2,039	58.3	+6.1
	Labour	Tony Holmes	1188	33.9	−4.5
	Green	Jamie Walls	168	4.8	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Smith	105	3.0	+1.1
Majority			851	24.4
	Conservative hold

Ripley West and Heage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Moss	2,362	56.4	+4.9
	Labour	Paul Lobley	1396	33.3	−5.3
	Green	Michael Bedford	314	7.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	119	2.8	−0.7
Majority			966	23.1
	Conservative hold

Bolsover

Barlborough and Clowne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Natalie Hoy	1,710	55.6	+18.6
	Labour	Patricia Clough	1,222	39.7	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Marshall	143	4.7	−0.4
Majority			488
	Conservative gain from Labour

Bolsover North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Yates	1,180	41.3	−16.4
	Conservative	Matthew Hoy	865	30.3	+1.1
	Independent	Peter Roberts	359	12.6	N/A
	Independent	Martin Sanders	275	9.6	N/A
	TUSC	Elaine Evans	108	3.8	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Kay	67	2.3	−4.2
Majority			315
	Labour hold

Bolsover South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Dixon	1,375	47.3	−5.3
	Conservative	Ryan Cook	1,241	42.7	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Raison	166	5.7	−0.3
	TUSC	Jonathan Dale	127	4.4	−3.6
Majority			134
	Labour hold

Shirebrook and Pleasley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Dale	1,303	56.0	+7.6
	Conservative	Slywester Zwierzynski	770	33.1	+16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Oakton	155	6.7	+0.9
	TUSC	David Murray	98	4.2	N/A
Majority			533
	Labour hold

South Normanton and Pinxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Siddle	1,307	47.0	+14.6
	Labour	Jim Coyle	1,124	40.4	−5.5
	Independent	Andrew Joesbury	254	9.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Wilcock	56	2.0	−5.9
	TUSC	Brian Loader	41	1.5	N/A
Majority			183
	Conservative gain from Labour

Tibshelf
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barron	1,256	37.7	+7.5
	Labour	Clive Moesby	1,234	37.0	−15.1
	Independent	Debbie Marshall-Curtis	582	17.5	N/A
	Green	Nick Avis	206	6.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Morgan Leggett	53	1.6	−4.5
Majority			22
	Conservative gain from Labour

Chesterfield

Birdholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Allen	1,372	51.1	−8.1
	Conservative	Paul Gibbons	881	32.8	+5.6
	Green	Darren Yates	235	8.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Brassington	117	4.4	−9.2
	Chesterfield Independents	Kathryn Berridge	63	2.3	N/A
	Independent	Dean Rhodes	18	0.7	N/A
Majority			491
	Labour hold

Boythorpe and Brampton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Mihaly	1,331	42.5	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Falconer	1,011	32.3	−5.6
	Conservative	Heather Liggett	548	17.5	+1.0
	Green	David Wadsworth	160	5.1	N/A
	Chesterfield Independents	Theresa Powell	81	2.6	N/A
Majority			320
	Labour hold

Brimington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dean Collins	1,577	56.1	−2.5
	Conservative	Barry Thompson	803	28.6	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Niblock	184	6.5	−2.8
	Independent	Carl Chambers	167	5.9	N/A
	Independent	Ruth Perry	81	2.9	N/A
Majority			774
	Labour hold

Loundsley Green and Newbold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Fordham	1,358	39.4	+11.0
	Labour	Mick Wall	1,284	37.3	−10.0
	Conservative	Sanjoy Sen	638	18.5	−0.8
	Chesterfield Independents	David Jones	165	4.8	−0.3
Majority			74
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Spire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ludwig Ramsey	1,127	47.4	−7.7
	Conservative	Oliver Scheidt	619	26.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Mather	441	18.5	+8.1
	Green	Andy Barton	193	8.1	N/A
Majority			508
	Labour hold

St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Innes	1,248	44.2	−6.1
	Conservative	Amy Dale	867	30.7	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Rogers	452	16.0	+1.8
	Chesterfield Independents	Paul Stone	259	9.2	N/A
Majority			381
	Labour hold

Staveley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne-Frances Hayes	832	31.1	−21.2
	Independent	Paul Mann	785	29.4	N/A
	Independent	Mick Bagshaw	555	20.8	−0.1
	Conservative	Niall Hopkinson	500	18.7	−0.7
Majority			47
	Labour hold

Staveley North and Whittington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Bingham	1,560	53.4	+10.3
	Labour	Marion Thorpe	724	24.8	−15.6
	Conservative	Adam Parrish	545	18.7	+2.1
	Chesterfield Independents	Colin Stimson	92	3.1	N/A
Majority			836
	Liberal Democrats hold

Walton and West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Niblock	1,508	38.1	+2.2
	Conservative	John Boult	1,446	36.6	−2.8
	Labour	Stephen Lismore	759	19.2	−5.4
	Green	Simon Geikie	241	6.1	N/A
Majority			62
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Derbyshire Dales

Ashbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Bull	3,013	67.0	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dobbs	541	12.0	−7.9
	Green	John Hill	474	10.5	N/A
	Labour	Nick Whitehead	470	10.4	N/A
Majority			2,472
	Conservative hold

Bakewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alasdair Sutton	2,575	52.8	−7.9
	Labour	Peter O'Brien	2,298	47.2	+21.9
Majority			277
	Conservative hold

Derwent Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Hobson	2,320	54.8	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Cadogan	1,910	45.2	+30.2
Majority			410
	Conservative hold

Dovedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Spencer	2,261	60.0	+13.0
	Green	Neil Buttle	1,510	40.0	+36.6
Majority			751
	Conservative hold

Matlock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Burfoot	2,350	57.8	+15.5
	Conservative	Valerie Taylor	861	21.2	−9.7
	Labour	Trevor Page	621	15.3	−11.5
	Green	Christabel Holland	235	5.8	N/A
Majority			1,489
	Liberal Democrats hold

Wirksworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dermot Murphy	1,993	42.3	−2.0
	Labour	Diane Fletcher	1,826	38.8	−6.2
	Green	John Ward	491	10.4	+5.0
	Independent	Richard Bright	214	4.5	−39.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cruise	185	3.9	−1.8
Majority			167
	Conservative gain from Labour

Erewash

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Erewash Summary Result 2021
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	1	0	1	100	54.7	17,323	+3.1
Labour	0	0	1	1	0	29.8	9,429	-0.2
Green	0	0	0		0	7.7	2,453	+5.2
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0	7.1	2,238	-0.5
Reform UK	0	0	0		0	0.8	245	N/A

Breadsall and West Hallam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Hart	2,353	57.2	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Mee	976	23.7	+11.3
	Labour	Ian Wilson	694	16.9	+2.1
	Reform UK	David Adams	91	2.2	N/A
Majority			1,377
	Conservative hold

Breaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Parkinson	2,619	59.7	−0.5
	Green	Brent Poland	942	21.5	+17.8
	Labour	Adam Thompson	823	18.8	−4.8
Majority			1,677
	Conservative hold

Ilkeston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Flatley	1,399	52.2	+10.8
	Labour	Geoff Stratford	1,041	38.8	+0.2
	Green	Zee Sheldon	179	6.7	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kristopher Watts	62	2.3	−1.0
Majority			358
	Conservative hold

Ilkeston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aaron Gibson	1,401	48.6	+8.3
	Labour	James Dawson	1,217	42.3	−2.5
	Green	Heather Hierons	168	5.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Togni	94	3.3	−0.5
Majority			184
	Conservative gain from Labour

Ilkeston West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony King	1,919	57.2	+8.9
	Labour	Dan Whittle	1,154	34.4	−4.9
	Green	Abbie Monaghan	206	6.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Smith	76	2.3	−0.5
Majority			765
	Conservative hold

Long Eaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Griffiths	1,685	50.0	+5.8
	Labour	Gordon Thomas	1,215	36.1	−4.0
	Green	Lee Fletcher	265	7.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Allen	204	6.1	+2.0
Majority			470
	Conservative hold

Petersham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garry Hickton	1,631	44.3	+2.4
	Labour	Laurie Morgen	1,241	33.7	−3.7
	Green	Charlotte Land	319	8.7	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Oseman	236	6.4	−4.1
Majority			390
	Conservative hold

Sandiacre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Major	2,281	62.0	+3.6
	Labour	Celia Powers	973	26.5	+2.4
	Green	Ashley Dunn	224	6.1	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Susannah Watts	133	3.6	−7.2
	Reform UK	Gaynor Watts	67	1.8	−2.2
Majority			1,308
	Conservative hold

Sawley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kewal Athwal	2,035	53.6	+0.9
	Labour	Denise Bond	1,071	28.2	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Archer	457	12.0	+0.3
	Green	Stephanie Dunn	150	3.9	+2.1
	Reform UK	Jo Homer	87	2.3	N/A
Majority			964
	Conservative hold

High Peak

Buxton North and East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindy Grooby	1,559	48.8	+4.8
	Labour	Caitlin Bisknell	1,350	42.3	−0.8
	Green	Peter Crook	182	5.7	+1.7
	Reform UK	Chris Gould	65	2.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Weaver	39	1.2	−7.7
Majority			209
	Conservative hold

Buxton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Kemp	1,900	46.2	−1.3
	Labour	David Newton	1,693	41.2	+6.6
	Green	Eileen Reynolds	351	8.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Heptinstall	170	4.1	−6.8
Majority			207
	Conservative hold

Chapel and Hope Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Gourlay	2,025	46.9	+1.9
	Green	Joanna Collins	907	21.0	+17.0
	Labour	Phil Harrison	885	20.5	−2.9
	Independent	Paddy Bann	395	9.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Patterson	102	2.4	−25.2
Majority			1,118	25.9	+8.5
	Conservative hold

Etherow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Becki Woods	1,243	47.2	−6.7
	Conservative	Thomas Wynne	1,119	42.5	+5.8
	Green	Robert Hodgetts-Haley	178	6.8	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Jevon	49	1.9	−3.9
	UKIP	Christopher Boyle	47	1.8	N/A
	Labour hold
Majority			124

Glossop and Charlesworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Damien Greenhalgh	3,670	45.9
	Conservative	Jean Wharmby	3,509	43.9
	Labour	Gerry Dominey	3,339	41.8
	Conservative	Dom Starkey	3,149	39.4
	Green	Robyn Summers	849	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Worrall	539	6.7
Majority
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

New Mills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Clarke	1,841	43.8	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Atkins	1,190	28.3	−16.6
	Conservative	Tony Ashton	932	22.1	+2.3
	Green	Matthew Patterson	245	5.8	+1.6
Majority			651
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Whaley Bridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth George	2,544	51.9	+24.3
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	1,878	38.3	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Lomax	340	6.9	−26.7
	Green	Lucas Jones	138	2.8	−1.3
Majority			666	13.6	N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative

North East Derbyshire

Clay Cross North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Cupit	1,684	48.6	+25.6
	Labour	Janet Hill	1,084	31.3	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Shipman	695	20.1	−10.7
Majority			600
	Conservative gain from Labour

Clay Cross South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Gillott	1,820	54.7	−5.4
	Conservative	William Armitage	1,320	39.7	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Vongyer	112	3.4	−0.5
	Reform UK	Dave Jones	77	2.3	N/A
Majority			500
	Labour hold

Dronfield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Dale	2,273	59.3	+2.7
	Labour	Roland Lovatt	989	25.8	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Temple	364	9.5	+4.1
	Green	Carly Radford	207	5.4	N/A
Majority			1,284
	Conservative hold

Dronfield West and Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angelique Foster	3,171	68.3	+3.0
	Labour	David Cheetham	1,150	24.8	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Harpham	324	7.0	−0.9
Majority			221	43.5
	Conservative hold

Eckington and Killamarsh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Foster	3,324	52.4
	Conservative	Carolyn Renwick	3,152	49.7
	Labour	Steve Pickering	2,144	33.8
	Labour	Anne Clarke	1,994	31.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Firth	517	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Marshall	391	6.2
	Independent	John Rose	171	2.7
Majority
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Woolley	1,420	46.8	+16.5
	Labour	Nigel Barker	1,272	42.0	−11.8
	Green	Emily Main	178	5.9	N/A
	Independent	Kieron Payne	97	3.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Blaine Uknighted	64	2.1	−3.6
Majority			148
	Conservative gain from Labour

Wingerworth and Shirland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Lewis	2,536	55.4	−3.4
	Green	Frank Adlington-Stringer	1,086	23.7	N/A
	Labour	Ross Griffin	768	16.8	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Camille Ramshaw	187	4.1	−3.3
Majority			1,450
	Conservative hold

South Derbyshire

Aston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Atkin	2,092	53.8	+4.1
	Labour	Iain Wilson	1,257	32.3	−6.5
	Green	Caroline Scott	281	7.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Hills	133	3.4	−1.1
	Reform UK	Alan Graves	128	3.3	−1.3
Majority			835
	Conservative hold		Swing

Etwall and Repton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martyn Ford	2,889	62.5	−5.6
	Labour	John McCallum	921	19.9	+2.4
	Green	Amanda Baker	576	12.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hardwick	237	5.1	−5.2
Majority			1,968
	Conservative hold

Hilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Patten	1,985	65.1	+1.5
	Labour	Julie Jackson	541	17.7	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Grahame Andrew	275	9.0	+2.5
	Green	Martin Wall	247	8.1	N/A
Majority			1,444
	Conservative hold

Linton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Swann	1,477	45.9	−13.2
	Labour	Dan Pegg	985	30.6	−0.3
	Independent	Amy Wheelton	753	23.4	N/A
Majority			492
	Conservative hold

Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David du Celiee Muller	1,792	50.0	−15.9
	Labour	Jane Carroll	862	24.1	+4.1
	Green	Jonathan Wood	770	21.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas James	160	4.5	−4.6
Majority			930
	Conservative hold

Swadlincote Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Musson	1,304	55.4	+11.8
	Labour	Alan Jones	932	39.6	+0.4
	Green	Sylvia Dearing	116	4.9	N/A
Majority			372
	Conservative hold

Swadlincote North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Smith	1,081	52.0	+13.8
	Labour	Sean Bambrick	997	48.0	−2.7
Majority			84
	Conservative gain from Labour

Swadlincote South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Redfern	1,457	59.2	+13.8
	Labour	Louise Mulgrew	798	32.4	−10.1
	Green	Jude Boynton	207	8.4	N/A
Majority			659
	Conservative hold

Changes 2021–2025

In March 2023, Philip Rose and Alex Stevenson, both of whom had been elected as Conservatives, defected to Reform UK.^[4]

Long Eaton

Long Eaton By-Election 27 October 2022^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Joel Bryan	1,104	51.1	+15.0
	Conservative	Chris Page	723	33.5	−16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Allen	239	11.1	+5.0
	Green	Ashley Dunn	94	4.4	−3.5
Turnout			2,160
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

The Long Eaton by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Alan Griffiths in July 2022.^[6]

Swadlincote South

Swadlincote South By-Election 31 August 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Haynes	786	62.2	+29.4
	Conservative	Jacqueline Geddes	477	37.8	−21.4
Turnout			1263
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The Swadlincote South by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Roger Redfern.

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↑ "Derbyshire County Council Election Results". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
↑ "Local elections: Edwina Currie eyes return to politics". BBC News. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
↑ "Council agenda, 22 March 2023" (PDF). Derbyshire County Council. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
↑ "Long Eaton by election".
↑ Bisknell, Eddie (26 July 2022). "Gentle, calm and passionate Derbyshire councillor will be 'sorely missed'". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

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[2] "Derbyshire County Council Election Results". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[3] "Local elections: Edwina Currie eyes return to politics". BBC News. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[4] "Council agenda, 22 March 2023" (PDF). Derbyshire County Council. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

[5] "Long Eaton by election".

[6] Bisknell, Eddie (26 July 2022). "Gentle, calm and passionate Derbyshire councillor will be 'sorely missed'". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

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High Peak Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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